More on Anti-Libertarian School Vouchers by Jacob G. Hornberger July 6, 2022 My blog post yesterday, “School Vouchers Are Anti-Libertarian,” stirred up quite a number of critical comments on Twitter. There were three major points that the critics made, which, they maintained, was why libertarians should support them: (1) School vouchers improve the overall educational system; (2) School vouchers move us in the direction of educational liberty; and ...
School Vouchers Are Anti-Libertarian by Jacob G. Hornberger July 5, 2022 It stands to reason that conservatives would support school vouchers. That’s because conservatives, even while using pro-freedom lingo, support reforming, not dismantling, the welfare-warfare state way of life. But what’s with libertarians who support school vouchers? Why do they support what is clearly an anti-libertarian program? The core principle of libertarianism is what is called the non-aggression ...
Open Borders and the Pursuit of Happiness by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2022 In a few days, Americans will be celebrating the Declaration of Independence. Amidst the hot dogs and the fireworks, it’s worth pondering the principles that Jefferson enunciated in that document. The Declaration states that people have been endowed with natural, God-given rights and that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Let’s focus ...
Coming Full Circle with a Renewed Cold War Racket by Jacob G. Hornberger June 30, 2022 With Turkey now removing its objection to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, it is a virtual certainty that the two countries will join this Cold War dinosaur military alliance. In practical terms, that means that the lives of young Americans will now be pledged to come to the automatic defense of Swedes and Finns in the event Russia ...
More on America’s Culture of Immigration Death by Jacob G. Hornberger June 29, 2022 Yesterday, I wrote about the deaths of 46 immigrants, who died of dehydration in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas. The immigrants had illegally entered the United States. They were being illegally transported when they died in the back of that tractor-trailer. As I wrote yesterday, those deaths are a direct consequence of the federal ...
America’s Culture of Immigration Death by Jacob G. Hornberger June 28, 2022 Last week, I delivered a talk entitled “Open Minds on Open Borders” at PorcFest, the annual libertarian festival held in Lancaster, New Hampshire, by the New Hampshire Free State Project. In my talk, I pointed out that America’s system of immigration controls necessarily comes with an immigration police state. Since I grew up in South Texas and ...
Advancing Liberty at Porcfest Today! by Jacob G. Hornberger June 24, 2022 Today, I will be at PorcFest, the annual summer festival held at Roger’s Campground in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Licensed under Creative Commons. I’ve been speaking at this great event for many years. This is the first time I will be giving two ...
You Can’t Count on the Police by Jacob G. Hornberger June 23, 2022 At the risk of belaboring the obvious, the police inaction during the mass killing of children in a public school in Uvalde, Texas, provides one more argument against gun control: You just can’t count on the police to keep you safe from a mass killer. Sometimes you have to rely on yourself or on other armed private individuals ...
Musical Chairs in Washington, D.C. by Jacob G. Hornberger June 22, 2022 Republicans are licking their chops over the Federal Reserve’s ostensible plans to raise interest rates aggressively in the months ahead to combat soaring prices. They view a coming big recession as a grand opportunity to win control over Congress in the upcoming November elections. Of course, we have gone through this political musical-chairs nonsense for decades. If ...
What’s So Great About Democracy? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 21, 2022 At the recent Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, President Biden refused to permit Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua to attend because they aren’t democracies. As everyone knows, for the past several decades, the U.S. government has made democracy its shibboleth. It’s as if democracy is something sacred. Yet, what’s so great about democracy? It’s really nothing more ...
Assange Should Put the Pentagon and the CIA on Trial by Jacob G. Hornberger June 17, 2022 NOTE: I’m am once again speaking at PorcFest in New Hampshire next week. If you’re attending, I would like to invite you to attend my two talks on Friday, June 24: “Why the JFK Assassination Should Matter to You” at 12 noon and “Open Minds on Open Borders” at 3 p.m. See the PorcFest schedule for the rooms ...
Day of Reckoning for Federal Spending, Debt, and Inflation? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 16, 2022 Do you recall all those “debates” over the federal debt ceiling that have taken place over the past 30 years? Every time the debt ceiling came up, here at FFF we said, “Don’t raise the debt ceiling. Force the feds to live within their means. No more debt.” Every time, we have been drowned out by statist ...
